GUIDANCE & RESEARCH :: Official publications etc
This section provides a selection of freely available research
and guidance relating to substance misuse published by government
agencies and Royal Colleges in the UK, as well as selected publications
from overseas, focusing on publications of particular relevance
to practitioners. It also includes publications and guidance from
FDAP and DDN.
Additional information can be found in the background information section of this site.
Click on the relevant link below to view publications in a particular
topic area:
Recent additions
(all topic areas)
Alcohol
Children
& young people
Criminal
justice
Diversity
Drug
related deaths
Education
& prevention
Employment,
education & training
Housing
& homelessness
Integrated
care & case management
Medical
matters
Needle
exchange
Nutrition
Psychosocial
treatment & rehabilitation
Service
user engagement
Substance
specific publications
Women
Workforce
development
Recent additions
Care & support for people with co-occuring substance misuse & mental health problems (Closing the Gaps)
Scottish Government - Dec 2007.
[added Jan 2008]
NICE guidelines on drug misuse: psychosocial interventions
NICE - Jul 2007.
[added Nov 2007]
NICE guidelines on drug misuse: opioid detoxofication
NICE - Jul 2007.
[added Nov 2007]
NICE guidelines on reducing substance misuse among young people
NICE - Mar 2007.
[added Nov 2007]
Clinical management of drug dependence in the adult prison setting…
DH, NTA and others - Dec 2006.
[added Nov 2007]
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Alcohol
Review
of the Effectiveness of Treatment for Alcohol Problems
NTA - Nov 2006.
Models
of Care for Alcohol Misusers
DoH - Jun 2006.
Alcohol
Misuse Interventions: Guidance on Developng a Local Programme of
Improvement
DoH - Nov 2005.
Prevention
& reduction of alcohol misuse - 2nd edition
NICE (England) - Jul 2005.
Effective
and cost-effective measures to reduce alcohol use in Scotland
Scottish Exec - Jan 2005.
Promoting
safer drinking - A briefing paper for drug workers
NTA - Mar 2004.
Alcohol
matters - a fact file for professionals
HPA (N. Ireland) - Mar 2001.
The
prevalence of underage drinking and its relationship with offending
Home Office - Dec 2000.
Alcohol
and crime: taking stock
Home Office - Dec 1999.
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Children & young people
[see also the young people's section of the www.drugs.gov.uk
website.]
Background
NICE guidelines on reducing substance misuse among young people
NICE - Mar 2007.
Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young people: a literature review
Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
Risk, protective factors and resilience to drug use
Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
Understanding
problem drug use among young people accessing drug services
Home Office - Mar 2004.
First
steps in identifying young people's substance related needs
DoH - Feb 2003.
The
prevalence of underage drinking and its relationship with offending
Home Office - Dec 2000.
Assessment & treatment
Evaluation of Drug Interventions Programme pilots for children and young people
Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
The evaluation of the Restriction on Bail Pilot
Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
Assessing
Young People for Substance Misuse
NTA - Feb 2007.
Young
people’s substance misuse treatment services - essential elements
NTA - Jun 2005.
An
evaluation of a brief intervention model for use with young non-injecting
stimulant users
NTA - Nov 2004.
Young
people with / at risk of developing, problematic substance misuse:
a guide to assessment
EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2004.
First
steps in identifying young people's substance related needs
DoH - Feb 2003.
Services
for young people with problematic drug misuse - a guide to principles
and practice
EIU (Scotland) -
Jan 2003.
Drug
treatment services for young people - a research review
EIU (Scotland) - Jun 2002.
Education & prevention
See separate section on Education & prevention.
Strategy & policy guidance
Out
of sight? Not out of mind (re volatile substance misuse)
DoH - Jul 2005.
Every
Child Matters: change for children, young people & drugs
Home Office - Mar 2005.
Guidelines
for the management of incidents of drug misuse in schools
Scottish
Exec - Jun 2000.
Familial substance use
Evaluation
and Description of Drug Projects Working with Young People and Families
[added August 2006]
Scottish Exec - Jul 2006.
Hidden
Harm: Next Steps
Scottish Exec - Apr 2006.
Government's
response to Hidden Harm report on parental drug misuse
DfES
- Mar 2005.
Hidden
Harm - Scottish Executive response
Scottish Exec - Nov 2004.
Hidden
harm - responding to the needs of children of problem drug users
ACMD - Jun 2003.
Getting
our priorities right (on addressing needs of children)
EIU (Scotland) - Feb 2003.
Supporting
families and carers of drug users : a review
EIU (Scotland) - Nov 2002.
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Criminal justice
General
National
Offender Management Service (NOMS) Drug Strategy
Home Office (NOMS) - Jan 2005.
Drug Intervention Programme (DIP),
Prolific & Priorty Offender
Programmes etc
[see also http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/drug-interventions-programme/ for more on the Drug Intervention Programme (DIP)]
Evaluation of Drug Interventions Programme pilots for children and young people
Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
The evaluation of the Restriction on Bail Pilot
Home Office, RDS - Apr 2007.
DIP
and Prolific & Other Priority Offender Programmes - Emerging
Practice & Lessons Learnt
Home Office - Apr 2006.
The
Drugs Intervention Programme
Home Office, DSD - Jul 2007.
Drug testing & DTTOs
The
impact of mandatory drug testing in prisons
Home Office - Jan 2005.
Reconviction
following drug treatment and testing orders
Scottish
Exec - Nov 2004.
Evaluation
of drug testing in the criminal justice system
Home Office - Jul 2004.
The
Drug Treatment and Testing Order: early lessons
NAO - Mar 2004.
On-charge
drug testing: evaluation of drug testing in the criminal justice
system
Home
Office - Jul 2004.
The
impact of DTTOs on offending: two year reconviction results
Home Office - Sep 2003.
Evaluation
of drug testing in the criminal justice system in nine pilot areas
Home Office - Mar
2003.
Drug
Treatment and Testing Orders: evaluation of the Scottish pilots
Scottish Exec - Oct 2002.
Drug
Treatment and Testing Orders: final evaluation report
Home Office
- Oct 2000.
Arrest referral
Drug
arrest referral schemes: a case study of good practice
Home Office - Jul 2003.
Arrest
referral - a guide to principles and practice
EIU (Scotland)
- Mar 2002.
Arrest
referral: emerging findings from the national monitoring and evaluation
programme
Home Office - Jan 2002.
Prison-based treatment and aftercare
Clinical management of drug dependence in the adult prison setting…
DH, NTA and others - Dec 2006.
Evaluation
of Scottish Prison Service Transitional Care Initiative
Scottish Exec - Feb 2006.
Prisoners'
drug use and treatment: seven research studies
Home Office - Jan 2004.
The
substance misuse treatment needs of minority prisoner groups.
Home Office - Jul 2003.
Research
into the nature and effectiveness of drugs throughcare
Home Office - Apr 2001.
Impact
of methadone treatment on drug misuse and crime
Home Office - Sep 2000.
Substance use, offending & related issues
Drug
misuse treatment and reductions in crime
NTA - Jun 2005.
Tackling
street prostitution: towards an holistic approach
Home Office - Jul 2004.
Drugs
use and begging - a practice guide
Home Office - Nov 2004.
Solutions
and strategies: drug problems and street sex markets
Home Office - Jul 2004.
The
results of the first two years of the NEW-ADAM programme
Home
Office - May 2004.
Vulnerability
and involvement in drug use and sex work
Home Office - Mar 2004.
Alcohol
and intimate partner violence: key findings from the research
Alcohol
and sexual violence: key findings from the research
Home Office - Mar
2004.
Prisoners'
drug use and treatment: seven research studies
Home Office - Jan 2004.
The
prevalence of underage drinking and its relationship with offending
Home Office - Dec 2000.
Alcohol
and crime: taking stock
Home Office - Dec 1999.
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Diversity
[see also Women]
The impact on violence and abuse on engagement and retention rates for women in substance use treatment
NTA - May 2007
Diversity
Assessment Package
NTA - Mar 2006.
Drug
misuse and people with hearing impairment
Home Office - Oct 2004.
The
substance misuse treatment needs of minority prisoner groups.
Home Office - Jul 2003.
BME
communities in England: a review of the literature of drug
use and related service provision
NTA - Jun 2003.
Delivering
drug services to Black & Minority Ethnic communities
Home Office - Jan 2002.
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Drug related deaths
A psychological autopsy study of non-deliberate fatal opiate-related overdose
NTA - Apr 2007
A taxonomy of preventability of overdose death: a multi-method study
NTA - Apr 2007
Benzodiazepines and cocaine as risk factors in fatal opioid overdoses
NTA - Apr 2007
Does the combined use of heroin or methadone and other substances increase the risk of overdose?
NTA - Feb 2007
Reducing drug-related deaths - guidance for drug-treatment providers
NTA - Feb 2007.
SACDM
Working Group on Drug Related Deaths: Report & Recommendations
Scottish Exec - Aug 2005.
Reducing
deaths - a resource for A&E staff
NTA - Dec 2004.
Drug overdose: prevention and response
NTA - Mar 2004.
Reducing drug related
deaths - guidance for drug treatment providers
NTA - Dec 2003.
Commissioning services
to reduce drug-related deaths
NTA
- Dec 2003.
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Education & prevention
[see also Children & young people and the
young people's section of the www.drugs.gov.uk
website.]
Evaluation
of the effectiveness of drug education in Scottish schools
Scottish Exec - Feb 2007.
NE choices:the development of a multicomponent Drugs Prevention Programme for Adolescents
Home Office - Aug 2005.
Drugs:
guidance for schools
DfES - Feb 2004.
Peer
education: from evidence to practice
NCETA (Australia) - Jun
2003.
The
Life Skills Training Drug Education Programme : a review of research
summary
EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2003.
Services
for young people with problematic drug misuse - a guide to principles
& practice
EIU (Scotland) -
Jan 2003.
Providing
drug education to meet young people's needs
Scottish Exec - Dec 2000.
Doing
it for themselves
Home Office - Feb 2001.
Taking
the message home
Home Office - Sep 2000.
Guidelines
for the management of incidents of drug misuse in schools
Scottish
Exec - Jun 2000.
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Employment, education & training
'Moving
On' : Update - employability & employment for recovering drug
users
EIU (Scotland)
- Oct 2003.
A
guide to working in partnership: employability provision for drug
users
EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2003.
'Moving
on': education, training and employment
EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2001.
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Housing & homlessness
Housing
support options for people who misuse substances
Home Office - Mar 2005.
Providing
for the housing needs of drug interventions programme clients
Home Office - Dec 2004.
Drugs
use and begging - a practice guide
Home Office - Nov 2004.
Drug
services for homeless people - a good practice handbook
Home Office -
Dec 2002.
Tackling
drug use in rented housing
Home Office
- Mar 2002.
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Integrated care & case management
Integrated care
Good Practice in Care Planning
NTA - Jul 2007.
Models
of Care for Alcohol Misusers
DoH - Jun 2006.
Models
of Care (for
treatment of adult drug misusers)
- Update 2006
NTA - Jun 2006.
Working
in partnership
NTA - Apr 2005.
Integrated
Care Pathways guide 4: analysis & review
EIU (Scotland)
- Apr 2004.
Integrated
Care Pathways guide 3: implementing ICPs
EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2004.
Integrated
Care Pathways guide 2: implementation
EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2003.
Integrated
Care Pathways guide 1: definitions & concepts
EIU (Scotland) - Apr 2003.
Integrated
care for drug users
EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2002.
Models
of Care (for treatment of adult drug misusers) - part two (full
version)
NTA - DEC 2002.
Models
of Care (for treatment of adult drug misusers) - part one (summary)
NTA - Dec 2002.
Assessment
ICP
guide 9: single shared assessment for drug users
EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2005.
Integrated
care for drug users - digest of tools used in the assessment process
& core data sets
EIU (Scotland) - May 2003.
Access & waiting times
Outcome
of waiting lists (OWL) study
NTA - Apr 2005.
Drug
misuse 2004 - reducing the local impact
Audit Commission - Oct 2004.
Evaluation
of why individuals present to and drop out of drug treatment services
Scottish Exec - Jun 2004.
Retention
Retaining
clients in drug treatment
NTA
- Jun 2005.
A
national survey of retention in residential rehabilitation services
NTA - Jun 2005.
Engaging
and retaining clients in drug treatment
NTA - May 2004.
Throughcare & aftercare
Evaluation
of Scottish Prison Service Transitional Care Initiative
Scottish Exec - Feb 2006.
Developing
peer led support for individuals leaving substance misuse treatment
Home Office, DSD - Apr 2005.
Throughcare
& aftercare - approaches & promising practice...
Home Office - Feb 2005.
Research
into the nature and effectiveness of drugs throughcare
Home Office - Apr 2001.
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Medical matters
General
Drug Misuse & Dependence – UK Guidelines for Clinical Management
NTA - Sep 2007.
Treating drug misuse problems: evidence of effectiveness
NTA - Apr 2006.
Detox & prescribing
NICE guidelines on drug misuse: opioid detoxofication
NICE - Jul 2007.
NICE guidelines: Drug
Misuse - Naltrexone
NICE - Nov 2006.
Nice guidelines: Drug
Misuse - Buprenorphine & Methadone
NICE - Nov 2006.
Best
practice guidance for commissioners and providers of pharmaceutical
services for drug users
NTA
- Feb 2006.
Opiate
detox in an inpatient setting
NTA - Jun 2005.
Nurse
prescribing in substance misuse
NTA - Feb 2005.
Residential
detoxification & rehabilitation services for drug users: a review
EIU
(Scotland) - Nov 2004.
Methadone dose and
methadone maintenance treatment
More than just methadone
dose
Engaging and retaining
clients in drug treatment
NTA -
May 2004.
Guidance
for use of buprenorphine for treatment of opioid dependence in primary
care
RCGP - Jun 2004.
ICP
guide 5: community detox pathways
EIU (Scotland)
- May 2004.
Injectable
heroin (and injectable methadone): potential roles in drug treatment
NTA - May 2003.
Research in to practice - prescribing services for drug misuse
NTA - Jan 2003.
Research in to practice
- treating cocaine/crack dependence
NTA -
Aug 2002.
The
effectiveness of treatment for opiate dependent drug users
EIU (Scotland)
- Jul 2002.
Impact of
methadone treatment on drug misuse and crime
Home Office - Sep 2000.
Dual diagnosis
Care & support for people with co-occuring substance misuse & mental health problems (Closing the Gaps)
Scottish Government - Dec 2007.
Dual
diagnosis in a primary care group (PCG)
NTA - Nov 2004.
Comorbidity
of substance use and mental illness...
NTA - Aug
2004.
ICP
guide 6: drug misuse in acute psychiatric settings
EIU (Scotland) - Aug 2004.
Meeting
the needs of people with co-occurring substance misuse & mental
health problems
Scottish
Exec - Oct 2003.
Hepatitis
C & other health issues
ICP
guide 8: problem substance use in pregnancy & reproductive health
EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2005.
Guidance
for hepatitis A & B vaccination of drug users...
RCGP - Nov 2004.
Examining the injecting practices of injecting drug users in Scotland
- summary report
EIU (Scotland) - Feb 2004.
Hepatitis
C: risks and prevention strategies in injecting drug users
EIU (Scotland)
- Apr 2002.
Hepatitis
C - guidance for those working with drug users
DoH
- Apr 2001.
Other publications
Roles
and Responsibilities of Doctors in the Provision of Treatment for
Drug and Alcohol Misusers
NTA - Sep 2005.
ICP
guide 7: care of people with drug prob/s in general hospital settings
EIU (Scotland) - Jan 2005.
Reducing
deaths - a resource for A&E staff
NTA - Dec 2004.
Guidance
for working with cocaine & crack users in primary care
RCGP - Sep 2004.
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Needle exchange
Examining
the injecting practices of injecting drug users in Scotland - summary
report
EIU (Scotland) - Feb 2004.
Evaluation
of the provision of single use citric acid sachets to injecting
drug users
EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2003.
Evaluation
of the Greater Glasgow pharmacy needle exchange scheme
EIU
(Scotland) - Feb 2003.
Hepatitis
C: risks and prevention strategies in injecting drug users
EIU (Scotland)
- Apr 2002.
Hepatitis
C - guidance for those working with drug users
DoH
- Apr 2001.
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Nutrition
DDN
Nutrition Toolkit
DDN - Feb 2007.
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Psychosocial treatment & rehabilitation
NICE guidelines on drug misuse: psychosocial interventions
NICE - Jul 2007.
National Evaluation of Crack Cocaine Treatment and Outcome Study (NECTOS)
NTA & Home Office - Apr 2007.
Models
of Residential Rehab for Drug & Alcohol Misusers
NTA - Oct 2006.
Treating drug misuse problems: evidence of effectiveness
NTA - Apr 2006.
National
Needs Assessment of Tier 4 Services in England
NTA - Sep 2005.
Tier
4 services in England: Summary of needs assessment and inpatient
review
NTA - Jun 2005.
A
national survey of retention in residential rehabilitation services
NTA - Jun 2005.
The
effectiveness of psychological therapies on drug misusing clients
NTA - Jun 2005.
Residential
detoxification & rehabilitation services for drug users: a review
EIU
(Scotland) - Nov 2004.
An
evaluation of a brief intervention model for use with young non-injecting
stimulant users
NTA - Nov 2004.
Prisoners'
drug use and treatment: seven research studies
Home Office - Jan 2004.
Research in to practice
- treating cocaine/crack dependence
NTA - Aug 2002.
The
effectiveness of treatment for opiate dependent drug users
EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2002.
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Service user engagement
NTA guidance for local partnerships on user and carer involvement
NTA - Jan 2007.
Supporting and involving carer
NTA - Sep 2006.
Retaining
clients in drug treatment
NTA
- Jun 2005.
Developing
peer led support for individuals leaving substance misuse treatment
Home Office & NTA - May 2005.
User
feedback and complaints
NTA - Apr 2005.
Advocacy
for drug users: a guide
EIU
(Scotland) - Jul 2004.
Engaging
and retaining clients in drug treatment
NTA - May 2004.
Effective
engagement : a guide to principles and practice
EIU (Scotland)
- Jan 2002.
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Substance specific publications
National Evaluation of Crack Cocaine Treatment and Outcome Study (NECTOS)
NTA & Home Office - Mar 2007.
Khat
Report 2005
ACMD - Jan 2006.
Further
consideration of the classification of cannabis under the Misuse
of Drugs Act
ACMD - Jan 2006.
Methylamphetamine
Review
ACMD - Nov 2005.
Out
of sight? Not out of mind
DoH - Jul 2005.
Opiate
detox in an inpatient setting
NTA -
Jun 2005.
Tackling
crack - a national plan
Home Office - Dec 2002.
Guidance
for working with cocaine & crack users in primary care
RCGP - Sep 2004.
Cannabis
an update 1999-2002
Home Office - Mar 2003.
An
evaluation of a brief intervention model for use with young non-injecting
stimulant users
NTA - Nov 2004.
Ketamine
ACMD - Apr 2004.
Psychostimulants:
a practical guide
EIU (Scotland) - Oct 2002.
Volatile
substance abuse - a professional's guide
HPA (N. Ireland) - Sep 2002.
Research
in to practice - treating cocaine/crack dependence
NTA - Aug 2002.
The
effectiveness of treatment for opiate dependent drug users
EIU (Scotland) - Jul 2002.
The
Classification of Cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act
ACMD - Jun 2002.
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Women
The impact on violence and abuse on engagement and retention rates for women in substance use treatment
NTA - May 2007
The impact of treatment on female drug-using sex workers
NTA - Apr 2006
Women
in drug treatment services
NTA - Jun 2005.
ICP
guide 8: problem substance use in pregnancy & reproductive health
EIU (Scotland) - Mar 2005.
Solutions
and strategies: drug problems and street sex markets
Home Office - Jul 2004.
Vulnerability
and involvement in drug use and sex work
Home Office - Mar 2004.
Women
drug users and drugs service provision
Home Office - Feb 2002.
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